"scruff" meaning in All languages combined

See scruff on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scruffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: See scurf. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scurf}} scurf Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)
  1. Someone with an untidy appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Someone with an untidy appearance): мърльо (mǎrljo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), törkimys (Finnish), epäsiisti henkilö (Finnish), Schmutzfink [masculine] (German), brudas [masculine] (Polish), niedomytek [masculine] (Polish), kocmołuch [masculine] (Polish), fleja [feminine] (Polish), flejtuch [masculine] (Polish), prosię [neuter] (Polish), świntuch [masculine] (Polish), szuszwol (english: Greater Poland) [dialectal, masculine] (Polish), niechluj [masculine] (Polish), zarrapastroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-5JFeAagK Disambiguation of 'Someone with an untidy appearance': 91 6 2 1
  2. Stubble, facial hair (on males). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-Y3CS-rui Disambiguation of Hair: 7 64 14 3 5 5 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 25 8 23 5 3
  3. (obsolete) Crust. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-4tWWmcvt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 25 8 23 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 29 45 6 11 4 2
  4. (obsolete) Scurf. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-bvrK9Wn2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Apple scruff, scruffy
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scruffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Etymology templates: {{m|en|scuft}} scuft, {{m|en|scruff||crust}} scruff (“crust”), {{cog|frr|skuft||back of the neck of a horse}} North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), {{cog|nl|schoft||withers (of a horse)}} Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|non|skopt||hair of the head}} Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄||hair of the head}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), {{cog|gmh|schopf}} Middle High German schopf, {{cog|de|Schopf}} German Schopf Head templates: {{en-noun}} scruff (plural scruffs)
  1. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals. Translations (loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals): елкә (yelkə) (Bashkir), niskanahka (Finnish), pescozo [masculine] (Galician), hnakkadramb [neuter] (Icelandic), nakkeskinn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nakkeskinn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cangote [masculine] (Portuguese), загри́вок (zagrívok) [masculine] (Russian), pescuezo [masculine] (Spanish), nackskinnet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-zr702pJj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 25 8 23 5 3 Disambiguation of 'loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals': 87 13
  2. (rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. Tags: rare Translations (scruff of the neck): елкә (yelkə) (Bashkir), тил (til) [masculine] (Bulgarian), clotell [masculine] (Catalan), niskavillat (Finnish), pescozo [masculine] (Galician), Schlafittchen [neuter] (German), Genick [neuter] (German), шки́рка (škírka) [informal, masculine] (Russian), pescuezo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-noun-HkT3BT-1 Disambiguation of 'scruff of the neck': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nape, nucha, nuchal (english: medical), withers (english: of a horse)
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /skɹʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scruffs [present, singular, third-person], scruffing [participle, present], scruffed [participle, past], scruffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: 1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf). Etymology templates: {{m|en|scuft}} scuft, {{m|en|scruff||crust}} scruff (“crust”), {{cog|frr|skuft||back of the neck of a horse}} North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), {{cog|nl|schoft||withers (of a horse)}} Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|non|skopt||hair of the head}} Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄||hair of the head}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), {{cog|gmh|schopf}} Middle High German schopf, {{cog|de|Schopf}} German Schopf Head templates: {{en-verb}} scruff (third-person singular simple present scruffs, present participle scruffing, simple past and past participle scruffed)
  1. (transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff. Tags: transitive Related terms: scuff
    Sense id: en-scruff-en-verb-C0efMSiL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for scruff meaning in All languages combined (13.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Apple scruff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scruffy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scurf"
      },
      "expansion": "scurf",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See scurf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone with an untidy appearance."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-5JFeAagK",
      "links": [
        [
          "untidy",
          "untidy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎrljo",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мърльо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "word": "törkimys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "word": "epäsiisti henkilö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schmutzfink"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brudas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "niedomytek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kocmołuch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fleja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "flejtuch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prosię"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "świntuch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "Greater Poland",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szuszwol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "niechluj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 6 2 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
          "word": "zarrapastroso"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 31 25 8 23 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 64 14 3 5 5 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "en:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Stubble, facial hair (on males)."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-Y3CS-rui",
      "links": [
        [
          "Stubble",
          "stubble"
        ],
        [
          "facial hair",
          "facial hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 31 25 8 23 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 29 45 6 11 4 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Crust."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-4tWWmcvt",
      "links": [
        [
          "Crust",
          "crust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Crust."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Scurf."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-bvrK9Wn2",
      "links": [
        [
          "Scurf",
          "scurf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Scurf."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scuft"
      },
      "expansion": "scuft",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scruff",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crust"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (“crust”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "skuft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "back of the neck of a horse"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schoft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "withers (of a horse)"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skopt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scruff (plural scruffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 31 25 8 23 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-zr702pJj",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yelkə",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "word": "елкә"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "word": "niskanahka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescozo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hnakkadramb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nakkeskinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nakkeskinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cangote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagrívok",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "загри́вок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescuezo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
          "word": "nackskinnet"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-noun-HkT3BT-1",
      "links": [
        [
          "nape",
          "nape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yelkə",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "word": "елкә"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "til",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тил"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clotell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "word": "niskavillat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescozo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schlafittchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Genick"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "škírka",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "informal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шки́рка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "scruff of the neck",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescuezo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nape"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nucha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "medical",
      "word": "nuchal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of a horse",
      "word": "withers"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scruff (anatomy)"
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scuft"
      },
      "expansion": "scuft",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scruff",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crust"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (“crust”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "skuft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "back of the neck of a horse"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schoft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "withers (of a horse)"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skopt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scruff (third-person singular simple present scruffs, present participle scruffing, simple past and past participle scruffed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More",
          "text": "She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
      "id": "en-scruff-en-verb-C0efMSiL",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "scuff"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scruff (anatomy)"
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Apple scruff"
    },
    {
      "word": "scruffy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scurf"
      },
      "expansion": "scurf",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See scurf.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (countable and uncountable, plural scruffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone with an untidy appearance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "untidy",
          "untidy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Stubble, facial hair (on males)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Stubble",
          "stubble"
        ],
        [
          "facial hair",
          "facial hair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Crust."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Crust",
          "crust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Crust."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Scurf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scurf",
          "scurf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Scurf."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎrljo",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мърльо"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "word": "törkimys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "word": "epäsiisti henkilö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schmutzfink"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brudas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niedomytek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kocmołuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fleja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flejtuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prosię"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "świntuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "Greater Poland",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szuszwol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niechluj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Someone with an untidy appearance",
      "word": "zarrapastroso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scuft"
      },
      "expansion": "scuft",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scruff",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crust"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (“crust”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "skuft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "back of the neck of a horse"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schoft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "withers (of a horse)"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skopt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scruff (plural scruffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nape",
          "nape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nape"
    },
    {
      "word": "nucha"
    },
    {
      "english": "medical",
      "word": "nuchal"
    },
    {
      "english": "of a horse",
      "word": "withers"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yelkə",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "елкә"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "niskanahka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hnakkadramb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nakkeskinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nakkeskinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cangote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrívok",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "загри́вок"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescuezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals",
      "word": "nackskinnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yelkə",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "word": "елкә"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "til",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тил"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clotell"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "word": "niskavillat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schlafittchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Genick"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škírka",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шки́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scruff of the neck",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescuezo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scruff (anatomy)"
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌf/1 syllable",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scuft"
      },
      "expansion": "scuft",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scruff",
        "3": "",
        "4": "crust"
      },
      "expansion": "scruff (“crust”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "skuft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "back of the neck of a horse"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schoft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "withers (of a horse)"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skopt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schopf"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schopf",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "1790, from earlier (1787) scuft, influenced by scruff (“crust”). Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scruffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scruffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scruff (third-person singular simple present scruffs, present participle scruffing, simple past and past participle scruffed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scuff"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023, Anastasia Ryan, You Should Smile More",
          "text": "She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lift or carry by the scruff."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scruff.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scruff.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Scruff (anatomy)"
  ],
  "word": "scruff"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.